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RCED-85-57 1 (1985-07-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfft0001 and id is 1 raw text is: MA+WV BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES The Role Of Marketing Orders In Establishing And Maintaining Orderly Marketing Conditions Federal marketing orders are legally binding plans, designed and operated by growers and handlers of specific fruit, vegetable, and specialty crops (such as hops and nuts), and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture. Their primary goal is to establish orderly marketing conditions by alleviating supply/demand imbalances. GAO reviewed 9 of the 47 federal marketing orders and found that 2 have the potential to restrict new farmers from entering the marketplace and 1 to produce waste (unused production), but that com- petitive forces appeared sufficient in 8 of the 9 orders GAO looked at to limit price increases. GAO found that the trend in marketing orders has shifted from an emphasis on controlling supplies to a focus on expanding demand. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has overall responsibility for federal marketing orders. GAO noted that the Department's information on mar- keting orders was not always made available to interested parties and was not current, and that the Department had not measured the performance of marketing orders in terms of program goals. GAO's recommendations address these two issues. \,, D S'l2 C) . --rU 10ZuT 127646 GAO/RCED-85-57 JULY 31, 1985 Wbl; K 7

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